In 2007, the activist founded a nonprofit organization to support victims of sexual harassment and assault along with an awareness campaign centered around two words: Me too.

A decade later, she'll give a speech at Rutgers University after the powerful #MeToo movement inspired thousands of women to come forward with stories of sexual assault and harassment, exposing misconduct by powerful men in the media and other industries.

Burke will visit Rutgers on Monday as part of the university's Black History Month commemoration and ongoing initiatives to combat sexual violence, according to the university. She'll speak at 7:30 p.m. in the College Avenue Gym, and the event is open to the public.

Rutgers, which previously brought former Vice President Joe Biden to campus to speak about sexual violence, will pay Burke a $16,500 speaking fee, according to the university.

"We want students to know that they have a part in changing the culture, and their voice is important," said Felicia McGinity, the university's vice chancellor for student affairs. "So we want to empower them with information. We want to encourage them to be agents of social change."

Though Burke started her Me Too campaign a decade ago, the words went viral last fall after women began speaking out against producer Harvey Weinstein and other high-profile men. Unaware of Burke's efforts, actress Alyssa Milano encouraged women who had been sexually assaulted to reply to a tweet with "me too," and a hashtag was born.

Milano has since credited Burke as the #MeToo movement's founder, and Burke recently landed a book deal to tell her story.

Rutgers is excited to present a speaker whose message is especially timely for students, McGinty said.

"I am hoping that the takeaway is we can be part of a revolution that creates change so people don't have to say 'me too,'" she said.

Last fall, Rutgers hosted Biden as he spoke about the "It's On Us" campaign to end sexual violence, which he started with President Barack Obama in 2014. Rutgers was selected that year by the Obama administration to pilot a campus climate survey for a White House task force on sexual violence.